IMC 2011: Sessions
Session 229: 14th-Century Studies, II: Communicating with the Crown
Monday 11 July 2011, 14.15-15.45
Sponsor: | Society for 14th-Century Studies |
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Organiser: | Gwilym Dodd, Department of History, University of Nottingham |
Moderator/Chair: | W. Mark Ormrod, Centre for Medieval Studies, University of York |
Paper 229-a | Perceptions of Royal Governance and Westminster in 14th-Century England (Language: English) Index terms: Law, Politics and Diplomacy |
Paper 229-b | Literary Devices and Late 14th-Century Governmental Texts (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Middle English, Language and Literature - Latin, Law, Politics and Diplomacy |
Abstract | These papers explore the ways in which subjects of 14th-century English kings interacted with the crown. The papers adopt a 'bottom up' approach by considering what impression government made on the 'ordinary' people of the 14th century. The first paper argues that manifestations of violence expressed coherent and meaningful messages of dissent to the crown, in a 'language' which the crown itself understood and acted upon. The second paper explores the identity of Westminster in the medieval mind, as the hub of central government and the focus of royal authority. And the third analyses the discourse of government and the transference of language across literary and government texts. |